What is Kids Voting Shakopee?
Kids Voting Shakopee is a nonprofit and nonpartisan community organization that prepares and motivates future voters with nationally acclaimed curriculum and hands-on voting experience on Election Day. Recognizing a growing trend of low voter turnout, Kids Voting Shakopee is a community based solution to building a strong generation of voters for the future. Kids Voting believes that if kids experience civic involvement, they will create a habit of informed voting that will last through their adult years. The Kids Voting program involves students in the voting process with both classroom and hands on activities. The school lessons teach students from grades 3 through 9 about the importance of becoming an informed voter. On Election Day, voting becomes a family experience as students accompany their parents to the polls and cast a special ballot on the same issues as the adults. Kids learn first-hand about the impact of their voting as they see the Kids Voting results tabulated and repo
